Wild Dogs

This time, more medicinal herbs were added than before. As these herbs poured into the bathtub, Yang Fan could feel a stinging sensation around his body.

Xiao Ling used this method to gradually increase Yang Fan's resistance to medicinal herbs.

A moment later, another large pile of spirit stones flew into the bathtub. As the spirit stones slowly rotated, streams of spiritual energy accelerated into Yang Fan's body.

For the next month, Yang Fan continued to absorb these rare medicinal herbs.

He asked Xiao Ling why, but she initially ignored him. However, after Yang Fan asked her several times, she finally spoke up in an annoyed tone.

"What else can we do? Of course, we can improve your physique. Reaching the Core Formation isn't that easy."

She began to explain earnestly.

"If we compare the human body to a container, then spiritual energy is like the water in the container. The higher the cultivation level, the more water there is."

"If the container itself cannot withstand the pressure, it will be burst apart by the cultivation."

"Therefore, before you break through to the Core Formation stage, you must make your physique stronger, which is why we have prepared so many good things for you."

"Many ordinary cultivators don't understand this and just try to break through without any clear understanding."

"The lucky ones can withstand it, and their physical strength will also improve; the unlucky ones cannot withstand it and will perish from then on."

"I've seen this kind of thing more than once or twice, so you still shouldn't relax."

Yang Fan nodded slightly, quite believing Xiao Ling's words.

Yang Fan took medicinal baths for more than a month. Xiao Ling would occasionally leave, but not for long.

Apart from seeing her apprentice surnamed Gan a few times after he came, she spent the rest of her time here.

Luo Changhe failed to arrive, which enraged Xiao Ling. She even berated Luo Changhe in front of Yang Fan.

At first, Xiao Ling pretended to be polite in front of Yang Fan, but as they became more familiar with each other, she openly cursed Luo Changhe.

Yang Fan felt increasingly sympathetic towards Luo Changhe. He himself had only stayed with Xiao Ling for a few years before he couldn't stand her domineering ways, while Luo Changhe had stayed for so many years. He wondered how Luo Changhe had managed to endure it.

More than a month later, Yang Fan's physique was finally completely stabilized.

Xiao Ling slowly opened her eyes.

"Alright, now we can start trying to form the Golden Core. Go over there."

With a wave of her hand, a cold jade bed flew out, emanating a chilling aura.

Yang Fan swallowed hard and walked shakily onto the cold jade bed.

"Take off all your clothes."

Xiao Ling continued to give instructions.

Yang Fan had no choice but to remove all his clothes.

Then Xiao Ling waved her hand, and the surrounding spiritual energy immediately condensed together, forming a thin, gauze-like garment.

The gauze robe was draped over Yang Fan's body, covering all his vital parts.

Xiao Ling breathed a sigh of relief, waved her hand, and several Golden Essence Pills flew out.

"There are ten Golden Essence Pills here. No matter how poor your aptitude is, ten pills are enough for you to break through to the Core Formation stage."

"However, judging from your strength over this period of time, it is actually quite good. You can take this opportunity to break through to the Core Formation stage in one go."

"I will protect you, so don't be distracted. Do you understand?"

Yang Fan quickly nodded to indicate that he understood.

Xiao Ling continued to wave forward, and after a moment, under Xiao Ling's control, the spiritual energy around Yang Fan began to gather at an accelerated pace.

Yang Fan felt the spiritual energy rushing into his body. Because his cultivation level was still stuck at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, he felt excruciating pain all over his body after the spiritual energy surged in.

He endured the pain in his meridians and carefully swallowed a Golden Essence Pill.

As soon as the Golden Elixir entered his stomach, a surge of medicinal power immediately spread throughout his body.

The Golden Essence Pill was accelerating the opening of his meridians and dantian, aiming to increase the amount of spiritual energy within his body.

He could feel the surrounding spiritual energy beginning to surge in at an accelerated pace.

Xiao Ling said earnestly.

"A breakthrough isn't something that can be achieved in a few hours or days; with a bit of luck, it might only take a month or two."

"The unlucky ones might even exceed six months, since the Heavenly Mystery Palace has been open for less than six months now."

"So you need to finish your cultivation as soon as possible. Only if you break through to the Core Formation stage sooner can we act ahead of time and get there to make some preparations."

Yang Fan immediately suppressed his inner turmoil and began cultivating with complete focus.

As the Golden Essence Pill took effect, Yang Fan felt his meridians slowly widening.

A dozen days later, his meridians and dantian were wider than before, but it was clear that he had no chance of breaking through at this point.

Yang Fan took out another Golden Essence Pill and swallowed it. The residual medicinal power of the previous pill was still there, so the effect of this one was naturally even more outstanding.

He could even feel a sharp pain in his meridians, but he knew now was not the time to give up.

He had to do everything in his power to improve his cultivation and draw more spiritual energy from the surrounding area into his body.

More and more spiritual energy rushed in from all directions as he worked hard to strengthen his physique and cultivation.

More than a month passed, and he took the third and fourth pills.

As Xiao Ling took the pills, her brows furrowed.

Yang Fan's cultivation speed was indeed fast, faster than he had expected.

Unexpectedly, Yang Fan's breakthrough was so difficult. Normally, someone who cultivates as quickly as Yang Fan should have extremely outstanding talent.

Breaking through to the Core Formation stage should be a piece of cake.

Unexpectedly, Yang Fan is still finding cultivation so difficult.

Yang Fan continued to consume new Golden Essence Pills, while Xiao Ling paced back and forth impatiently.

She stared intently at Yang Fan, wishing she could personally teach him how to break through.

Two months later, Yang Fan finally made some new moves.

Xiao Ling looked at him with great anticipation.

After eight or nine Golden Essence Pills entered his stomach, a faint vortex of spiritual energy appeared above Yang Fan's head.

The spiritual energy vortex accelerated continuously, drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy, trying to pour it into Yang Fan's body.

Xiao Ling was extremely excited, staring intently at the funnel-shaped vortex of spiritual energy above, her joy barely contained.

Although Yang Fan was just a tool they had found, Xiao Ling was still overjoyed to see his strength improve by leaps and bounds.

After all, the stronger Yang Fan is, the better the Heavenly Secret Tokens will be, and the more secret realms they can open.

Xiao Ling stared intently at Yang Fan. The next step was crucial for him to break through to the Core Formation stage, and she had to make sure he persevered no matter what.

She flew to Yang Fan's side and immediately transmitted her voice secretly.

"The next step is crucial for a breakthrough; there might be a mental ordeal that arises."

"Once your inner demons appear, you can tell me the situation at any time, and I will use my divine sense to suppress your inner demon tribulations as much as possible."

Xiao Ling spoke earnestly, but Yang Fan kept his eyes closed and did not respond. She didn't know if he had listened to her.

She paced back and forth impatiently.

A few days later, the spiritual energy vortex above Yang Fan's head grew larger and larger.

As the spiritual energy vortex continued to expand, more and more spiritual energy poured into his body.